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Alexandra Carter: The Mother Shell from Alexandra Carter
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I paint the female body in states of transformation—pregnancy, birth, postpartum—to reveal the visceral realities of motherhood. I want to know how this experience consumes, ruptures, and remakes the self. I’m drawn to the monstrous feminine—the reproductive body as both feared and revered, vola
- Alexandra Carter
- Imprints, 2024
- Ink and 23k gold leaf on drafting film
- 17 x 14 in
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$1,000
I titled this piece "Imprints" for its literal meaning in maternal biology. An imprint in this context refers to the lasting traces a child leaves in a mother’s body and vice versa: fetal cells that persist long after pregnancy, chemical and hormonal exchanges that shape recognition and bonding, and the layered ways these bodies carry, remember, and affect each other. By placing two babies within the figure, the painting makes tangible the dense, corporeal record of these exchanges, the ways the maternal body flexes, expands, and enfolds life within itself.